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Ensuring the safety of your building's occupants is paramount. This includes keeping your elevators up to date with the latest code requirements. In New York City, a crucial regulation known as Door Lock Monitoring (DLM) has been in effect for elevators since January 1st, 2020. This blog post dives into the importance of DLM compliance, explores solutions for existing elevators, and highlights an upcoming code change that property owners need to be aware of.

There has been a recent change in the New York City (NYC) Department of Buildings (DOB) Building Code, which must be addressed by January 1, 2020, for elevators to be in compliance with ASME A17.3. This code change has enormous implications; in fact, the provision impacts up to 40,000 elevators out of the 65,000 throughout the city. It addresses a spcific safety issue: that an elevator car will never move with its doors open. Unfortunately, that hasn’t always proved true.